FITCHBURG — A 50-year-old man was arraigned Monday in District Court for raping a 43-year-old woman, violating an abuse protective order she had filed against him, and an unrelated unarmed robbery charge, according to court and police documents.

The victim reported to police that when Damon S. Jones, of Hurd Street, was sexually assaulting her twice against her consent he disregarded her repeated pleas for him to stop.

She also told police that after the assault Jones put her in fear by swinging metal pole at her.

At the time of the alleged rape, the victim had an abuse protective order against Jones, that was violated, according to court documents.

Jones was charged with two counts of rape, one count of assault with a dangerous weapon and violating the protective order.

In 2008 Jones, who was living in Leominster at the time, was charged with aggravated rape. The victim told police Jones sexually assaulted her without her consent and injured her with a knife.

The assault and battery with a dangerous weapon was dismissed during his District Court arraignment and the aggravated rape charge was moved to Superior Court.

According to court documents, the rape charge was amended to assault and battery and Jones was sentenced to five months in prison and given credit for five months served..

On Monday, Jones was also arraigned for the unarmed robbery of a 34-year-old woman at the Rollstone Bridge, according to court documents.

Police said that Jones grabbed the victim by her hair, throwing her to the ground and dragging her before stealing her cell phone and backpack.

Cliff Clark is the city editor of the Sentinel & Enterprise. An award-winning journalist with over 20 years of experience in community newspapers in a variety of capacities, Clark is a North Carolina native and a graduate of Western Carolina University.